Players running L.A. Noire on Windows 10 experience a behavior where the game fails to launch. Either nothing happens or you get an error message regarding DirectX not properly configured or installed on your computer. There might also be other behaviors and error messages and vary from system to system. This irritating situation has been present since Windows 10 was launched.
What causes L.A. Noire not to Launch in Windows 10?
This issue can be tracked down to several different modules and reasons. Some of them are listed below. Do note that these are the possible reasons; it doesn’t mean that each one of them applies to you. Before we proceed with the solutions, make sure that you are logged in as an administrator on your computer. Furthermore, you should have an open and valid internet connection. Make sure no proxies and VPN’s are involved in your connection and you are using a private network.
Solution 1: Launching Steam as an Administrator
Steam is a game library which hosts thousands of games and also has the ability to update the game for you whenever the developers release a patch. Steam is quite CPU extensive and is known to consume resources. Some actions which Steam executes require elevated permissions. If you are not running Steam as an administrator, the game may not launch through it. Steam might take some additional time if there are updates or it has to download a third-party application.
Solution 2: Opting out of Beta Participation
Before an update is released for a game, the developers test the patch after releasing it as a Beta version to users who are opting to receive Beta updates. These updates cannot be said ‘complete’ and may have bugs. These versions might also be unstable and may sometimes cause the game not to launch at all. We will Opt you out of Beta Participation on Steam and check if this solves the issue.
Solution 3: Verifying Game Files
Another step before we start configuring DirectX is to verify the integrity of game files of L.A. Noire. If your game files are corrupt or missing, there is a chance that the game will not launch properly or at all. We will use Steam’s verification and make sure that all the installation files are latest and up to date.
Solution 4: Changing DirectX Version (to 11 or 12)
DirectX is a package of API’s which are used by Windows and game developers for video options while running applications on your computer. DirectX is one of the major players and API’s used for running any game on Windows OS. Developers constantly change the game and release updates, optimizing it for the latest version of DirectX. If you have an older version of DirectX, you might not be able to launch L.A. Noire. Here we will update DirectX to the latest build and check if this makes any difference.
Solution 5: Adding Registry Keys
If all the above methods don’t work for you and you are still unable to launch L.A. Noire on your computer, we have no choice but to make some additions to your registry settings. Instead of manually adding the registry one by one (which will be tedious), we will download all the fixes and implement them automatically. Make sure that you are logged in as an administrator. If these fixes do not work, it might be that you have installed L.A. Noire to a different location than the one mentioned in these registry files. In this case, we will change the drive letter and see if this does try the trick. Do note that you will have to repeat these steps for all 4 files we just downloaded. If you want to remove the changes we made above, you can download the Batch file from (here). Download the batch file to an accessible location and follow the steps below.
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